Richard G. Lugar

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News about Richard G. Lugar, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Aug. 8, 2012

Sen Richard G Lugar of Indiana urges the United States and Russia to team up to eliminate the stockpile of chemical weapons in Syria; Lugar's proposal comes at a time when Russia is steadfastly resisting entreaties to authorize forceful intervention in the Syrian conflict. MORE

May. 10, 2012

Sen Richard G Lugar's defeat in the Indiana primary election paves the way for a fierce and costly battle between Republicans and Democrats that could decide which party controls the Senate; Democrats see a strong opportunity to paint Tea Party-backed candidate Richard E Mourdock as too conservative. MORE

May. 10, 2012

Gail Collins Op-Ed column examines the primary defeat of longtime Indiana Sen Richard Lugar; suggests Lugar's ouster was due to a sense among Indianans that he had lost touch with his state. MORE

May. 9, 2012

Indiana's six-term Sen Richard G Lugar, one of the Senate's longest-serving members, loses a hard-fought Republican primary to Richard E Mourdock, the state treasurer; Mourdock's campaign was fueled by Tea Party groups and national conservative organizations that deemed collegial moderate Lugar too willing to compromise. MORE

May. 9, 2012

Man in the News profile of Richard E Mourdock, who defeated Indiana Republican Sen Richard G Lugar in the state's primary; Mourdock wants to cease the efforts at bipartisanship that defined the six-term tenure of Lugar and push for a more conservative agenda among Republicans in Congress. MORE

May. 8, 2012

Sen Richard G Lugar, Republican of Indiana, is fighting for re-election to his seventh term in office on the eve of the Republican primary after poll numbers show that he has the support of only 38 percent of likely voters; his opponent is Richard E Mourdock, who is receiving support from national conservative groups. MORE

Apr. 17, 2012

Sen Richard G Lugar, who has not had a primary challenger since he first won election in 1976, and last contended with a race where the margin was close in 1982, is locked in a Republican primary fight for the Indiana seat he has held for six terms; Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll shows Lugar leading RIchard E Mourdock 42 percent to 35 percent among likely primary voters. MORE

Feb. 18, 2012

Gail Collins Op-Ed column on Sen Richard Lugar of Indiana coming under fire from Tea Party opponent Richard Mourdock, who claims that Lugar has not actually lived in the state since he first entered the Senate in 1977; notes that the issue of voting addresses is particularly sensitive in Indiana, clearly a state with a lot of political excitement, but asserts that this ever-recurring campaign issue is a bogus one. MORE

August 8, 2012, Wednesday

Something surprising seems to be stirring in Indiana: a Senate race. With a $250,000 infusion from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Representative Joe Donnelly, the Democrats' standard-bearer for the seat now held by Senator Richard...